The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-29
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM.
Considerable Damage Done as it Went
Through Florida.

During the hardest blow, about U:3O O'Clock
this morning, it blew the roofing from off
the Glasgow mill and blew down the plan
lag mill, together with the African Metho-
dist Episcopal church The damage to the
mill is estimated at 81 900 The damage to
the planning mill Is estimated at $500. The
church is completely destroyed. Several
outhouses were blown down, and the dam
age to growing crops cannot at present
be estimated, but corn, cotton and
sugar cane has been considerably in
iured The Choctawhatchie river is rising
rapidly.
Ansiey's mill, some thirteen miles west, on
the Brunswick and Albany railroad, is
blown down, together with the HOUSES in
which his laboreis lived. The tuIpentino
orchard near Argyle is Il complete net work
of trees lying i'll every direction. The dam
ago ut present cannot be estimated. Up to
the present time no lives have been reported
lost
HEAVY LOSSES AT DEFUNIAK.
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FLA, July 2S.--The
storm of yesterday morning did considera-
BILE damage at this place. The college build
ing, valued at 81 600, is a complete wreck.
Chautauqua Tabernacle is unroofod and all
the fencing inclosing the grounds is blown
down. The estimated damage is about
$1,000. The opera house and post office
building are leaning caused by the heavy
wind The Biddell Hotel is slightly dam
aged. Mrs. Egbert's and j. III. Kruses resi-
dences are blown from off their foundations
Several of the prettiest shade trees are blown
down. No damage to person or live stock
is reported.
HEAVY RAINS AT MACON.
MACON, GA, July 2S The rains for tht
past few days have been unprecedented for
the season of the year Business has beer
| almost suspended throughout the city, es
| pecially outdoor work. Washouts have oc
| Cured in the streets and railroad embank-
| ments, greatly endangering the running OF
| cars. Quite a severe storm pasScc
around Macon last night, doing
considerable damage to field crops
barns and fences. Every wire of til,
| Southern Telegraph Company was blown
| down, cutting off connection via that com
| pany's lines Many of the Western Unions
| lines were blown down also. The telephone
| and electric alarm wires suffered also Con
| nection was broken i'll the latter and it re-
| quired nearly all day to remend them
Many cellars in the city have also beer
| filed with water.
| Yesterday afternoon, near the ono hun
| dred and twenty sixth mile post, a few mile
| this side OF Eufaula, the washing away of
stone culvert caused the precipitation of the
| tender and engine and mail car into n hole
| Although the accident happened yesterday
| it has been impossible TO glear
| however, that Engineer Kent, Fireman
| John Taylor and colored wood passei
| named Isham Graham We're seriously i'll
| jured. A telegram was received this morn
ing by Mr.. sam Hoge from Supt. Kline say
ing that Engineer Kent was painfully
though not seriously, hurt. His wife LET
this morning for the scene Of the accident
| THE STORM AT WEST POINT.
| WEST POINT, GA, July 2S.-The heavy
| and continued rain and wind since 9 o'clocl
| yesterday morning has caused considerable
| damage to farmers in this section, blowing
down and overfiowing corn and cotton
| Some crops are entirely ruined. Telegraph
| poles are also blown down. Six and q hal
inches of rain fell last night in about twelve
hours. The Chattahoochoe river is up six
| teen feet and Is still rising rapidly. Fears
| of an overflow are entertained. This is the
only heavy rain that has fallen In this i'm
mediate section since February The pas
senger train leaving Atlanta las
night for Montgomery was throw
from the track at the tres
| partly demolished. The engineer and som'
| Of the passengers were somewhat bruised
| but no one was dangerously hurt. Train
are not yet able to cross the wreck Tn,
mail and passengers are transferred u
another train that Is making trips to anC
| from the wreck to Atlanta.
TIE STORM ABOUT COLUMBUS.
| COLUMBUS, GA, July 2S--A heavy rair
| storm which prevailed all day yesterday
| continued to-day, but with not SO mucl
| force. The rainfall is said TO be between
and Z inches Tho Chattahoochee river 4
| so high that all the factories were forced Il
| eVgnanl HUnHE 10 Ipn larcra hpi1tya
| over Bull creek were washed away.
The Central railroad bridge which crosses
| the samo creek is badly undermined
The trestle on the Columbus and Rome
| road at Ossahatchie creek and the Mobill
| and Girard road at Uchee creek are so badly
washed that trains can not pass. The tele
| graph wires and poles at Uchee creek were
| completely submerged. A run-oH occurred
| at Goldhill, on the Columbus and Western
| road, but no one was injured
The Georgia Midland road is badly WASHED
| and the train and mail service generally
| interrupted
THE FITCHBURG ROADS wASHoUT.
GREENFIELD, MASS, July 2S.-The Fitch
burg road has now shut down on transfer.
| ring passengers around the washouts and
! sells no tickets beyong Erving to west
| bound passengers People who transfer dc
so at their own expense, 81, and already
there Is much grumblln6. Ten. Supt.
Adams OF the road, says there
is now every prospect Of the road
being able TO run trains by Saturday OF
Sunday, although some time must elapse
before the bridge is finished.
NEARLY DEMOLISHED
Fort WORTH, TEX, July 2S.--News
CONES from Haskell that nearly all the
houses in town were demolished by the
cyclone yesterday and several persons in
jurod. SO far as known no one was killed
The damage to the growing crops was great
Mines Flooded.
READING, PA, July 2S.-Owing 10 the
recent storm swelling small streams the Lit.